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Post by kb on Nov 15, 2011 21:17:41 GMT -4
I just purchased the airplane version lighting system for my heli and i was wondering if it is controlled from the xmtr or by manual switches. Is the pc board module needed ?
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Post by chumley on Nov 15, 2011 21:51:38 GMT -4
I just purchased the airplane version lighting system for my heli and i was wondering if it is controlled from the xmtr or by manual switches. Is the pc board module needed ? LED lights can be controlled from your transmitter or by manual switches, however, I'm not sure how LEDs attached to your blades could be anything but manually controlled. The blade LED setup I saw had very small LiPos on each blade and had a small pin that would complete the circuit to power the LEDs. There are controllers designed for the LEDs on the heli/airplane body, but I've heard a brushed speed controller can also be used to control the LEDs. For my airplane, I just run the LED power wire to the balance port on my LiPo using the first (negative) and fourth (3S - 11.1V positive) wires.
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Post by kb on Nov 16, 2011 0:54:00 GMT -4
Thanks chumley, I'm going to put this system in my 500E, so i was curious how it switched on. I only purchased the lighting system by itself and the product description doesn't say how it's controlled except that 2 switches are included. That's why i was wondering if anything else needed to be added to this system for it to operate from the xmtr. It won't arrive until next week, so i thought i'd see if anyone on here was using this lighting system.
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Post by ghostflyer1 on Feb 5, 2012 11:04:11 GMT -4
I did not even use a switch on mine. I run my LED's off a seperate battery pack connecting the using micro deans. I plug them in they are on ... Nothing fancy although I am thinking about the dalcon unit thats pretty cool... As for the blades there are several threads on DIY night blades on HFreak... I just decided to by a set of MS Composite night blades....
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Post by mike on Feb 5, 2012 15:47:07 GMT -4
Let me know how the RCA light kit is, and controlled. I use RC-Lights which can be ran off of your rx for power, or a seperate battery. These you can turn on from your tx or use a switch. They have 5mm or 3mm lighting kits. I use 3mm on sizes upto 550 size and 5mm for 600 size and up. They have adjustable rate strobe lights which i like as you can change the rate of each strobe and how they blink. www.rc-lights.com/products/RCL5324.htmlmike
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Post by bobsp12 on Feb 5, 2012 19:49:08 GMT -4
The RCA lighting kit will have the nav, strobe and collision lights come on as soon as power is available. If you plug the lead on them into any port on the receiver and apply power to the receiver they will work. No switch needs to be operated to bring them on. Power is available at all black and red pins as soon as power is applied to the receiver. To make the landing and taxi lights come on, whatever channel you have plugged them into has to have travel endpoints over 85. Whenever the 85 point is reached, they will come on. They use the signal wire of the receiver pins. Thus a switch like the gear being selected on , or reaching full travel when moving a stick will bring the taxi/landing lights on. The switches they refer to are internal on the circuit board and not touched by the user. There are no adjustments to flashing speed of strobes etc, that I am aware of, unless there are pots on the board. Further info here: www.smartmodel.com.hk/products/pop.asp?id=1338&image=image1
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Post by mike on Feb 6, 2012 0:33:12 GMT -4
bobsp12
Yeah RCA does not have the pots for adjustable rate strobes. I was talking about the rc-lights kit. They have pots on theirs to adjust the strobe rate and flash. I alwyts used the gear switch on my radio to turn on my landing lights. I wish curtek was still in business they had the best lighting kits around for scale helicopter mike
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Post by mike on Feb 6, 2012 0:37:42 GMT -4
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